except when he used the term he wasnt speaking about it in a historical context if i were doing a presentation on the kkk and said the kkk used many tactics to both attack africanamericans one of the subtle but very effective things that persists to this day was the use of the word nigger to dehumanize them that would be using it in a historical context if i said my racist grandfather made thanksgiving dinners really awkward by going on rants about niggers then im using the word in an accurate way to express how uncomfortable the situation was if i say yeah my neighbor was in the kkk and he used to beat up niggers then yeah im just using the word